flipping through a proof of yet another book from a somewhat well known liberal voice diagnosing “where the left went wrong” and i’m struck, again, by the fact that a large part (if not most) of the liberal commentariat simply does not believe that the political right has agency.
The worst human beings in the country should not be running the country.
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
👇🎯 Today in “Juan Linz was right & presidentialism was a grave mistake.” In a proper normal functioning democracy, all it would take is a few members of parliament crossing party lines in a no confidence vote & this would already all be over.
Office hours, Madison style
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It's only inflation when the Fed does it. Otherwise it's from the sparking price increase region of France
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Warsh hearing so far has been kind of frustrating. No one has asked the questions that seem most relevant to me:
1) is Trump's criminal investigation into Powell appropriate?
2) what would you do if Trump threatened retribution against you if he didn't like your actions/Fed policy decisions?
This is an ugly, wildly unserious answer from Kevin Warsh. But then, that's not at all surprising. He is a wildly unserious person, with a long track record of being wildly unserious.
Again, you may not be familiar with his game, so here is a detailed set of receipts:
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What? How in the world does an individual student's grade reflect on a Dean's self-image? This makes no sense.
I've taught thousands of students over 23 years of college classes. I've never been "summoned" by any Dean over a student grade. That's not how it works. Anywhere.
There is a difference between relative price changes and an increase in the overall price level. But the Fed is only one factor that affects both the supply and demand for money in the economy, relative to goods.
JD: Scapegoating failure
Jared/Steve: unprecedented corruption, while he golfs
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
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i hate to be that person, but if you (the author of the piece) are so dumb that you think that someone asking for more sensitive language at an event is equivalent to the use of state power to curb speech maybe your stupidity is part of the problem with higher ed
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Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...
so much of this article is just complaining that old people are more politically active.
Guess what: people who are more active in a democracy tend to get what they want.
👇🎯 Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Don’t. Speak. Lies. In. The. Interviews.
What is journalism, anyway?
We should demand greater realism from our news media about what Donald Trump is and whether he’s capable of doing the job, especially with regards to Iran.
That’s not a subjective evaluation; it’s an objective inquiry with an objective (and easy) answer.
Once again, behold the unparalleled parsimony & explanatory power of the Dennis Green Unified Theory Of American Politics
Reminder that analysts thought there was a deal to be struck with North Korea in 2017-2018, not to denuclearize (they won't), but to count/verify nukes, stabilize situation. Trump didn't order any diplomatic work for that and instead did a photo op with Kim.
His diplomacy and his deals are fake.
Not every day famous law professors advocate outright age discrimination through the tax system in the pages of the New York Times
I wonder if he'll retire at 65.
For years, I've called on the White House correspondents to cancel their conflict-ridden dinner. This year, they play host to those who'd destroy them: Trump plus Hegseth, Miller, & now Carr, each invited by state media mogul Ellison. Disgusting.
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The only thing that can fix this is institutional reforms that mimic proportional representation & turn us into a multiparty democracy. And they need to be ready to go starting in January 2029:
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We need to stop acting like abused partners & blaming ourselves for things we didn’t do or cause:
We are so open, in fact, to viewpoint diversity & campus speech & mirror-gazing that we are again, tomorrow, hosting our worst lying authoritarian critics on campus to lie more about all that we do wrong & paying them handsomely to do so. No other societal institutions do this on a regular basis.
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